README FILE FOR GLM_DATASET

Data were collected through household surveys on a sample of 3139 farming households
in Chipata District, Zambia from 2013-2015. For details on the intervention, survey
design and analysis, please see

Fink, G., B.K. Jack and F. Masiye (2018) “Seasonal liquidity, rural labor markets 
and agricultural production” NBER Working Paper 24564. 

Dataset description

The GLM dataset is a household panel with up to 8 observations per household. The survey 
rounds are:
1) Baseline (2013)
2) Harvest survey (2014)
3) Endline (2015)
4) 5 short-recall surveys, beginning with the "midline" in 2014 and followed by continuous 
"Labor surveys"

3139 households are identified by hhid; 175 villages by vid

Treatment assignment is at the village level and the variables treat1 and treat2 
define the treatment assignments for years 1 and 2, respectively

Additional sub-treatments are control_gift, cashonly and early

All variables in the dataset are labeled and should be self explanatory. 

Contact kelsey.jack@tufts.edu with questions.